Entry requirements

GCSE/National 4/National 5

3 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) including English Language

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96-112

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About this course

Source: UCAS

Course option

3.0years

Full-time | 2020

Subject

Interior design and architecture

You will cultivate your design skills by undertaking a sequence of practical design workshops to learn and improve on areas of drawing and model making, whilst being sensitive to materials and processes. You’ll explore computer aided design and graphical software applications to help visualise your own ideas.

You will discover a holistic range of design research methodologies to understand how to examine information. You will also build a professional portfolio through a work placement, whilst working on a series of specialist projects, including competitions and client projects.

Modules

Level 1 enables you to cultivate your own design skills through visual and oral communication by undertaking a carousel of design workshops to serve both interdisciplinary and specialist design practices. You will explore a range of design research methodologies through a holistic approach in order to understand how to examine information. Level 2 allows you to explore graphical software applications. It is an opportunity for you to develop your own professional portfolio through a work placement, whilst working on a series of specialist projects including competitions and client projects. At Level 3 you will formulate design research and innovation proposals to produce new and unexpected outcomes. You will be expected to negotiate a design brief with an industry client and undertake a major project of your own choice. This will prepare you for real world experiences and nurture your own personal development for graduate career prospects.

The Uni

What students say

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81%

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Interior design and architecture

How do students rate their degree experience?

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Student voice

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

Design & Tech. Product Design (3D Design)

D

Graphic Communication

B

Art and Design -Fine Art

B

After graduation

Source: DHLE and HECSU

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Design studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£18,000

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Average annual salary

92%

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Employed or in further education

100%

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Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

39%

Design occupations

16%

Sales assistants and retail cashiers

6%

Other elementary services occupations

Want to work in a growing, creative sector where we are a world leader? Welcome to design! The UK has a proud reputation as a centre of design excellence, and last year just over 14,000 design degrees were awarded. At the moment, the jobs market looks a little better for fashion and textile designers, and not as good for multimedia or interactive designers — but that may change by the time you graduate. In general, design graduates are more likely than most to start their career in London, although that also varies by subject — last year fashion designers often found jobs in the North West, graphic designers in the South West, illustrators in the South West, East Anglia and Midlands, textile designers in the Midlands and the North West, and visual designers in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Midlands. Design is also a good degree for people who want to work for a small business - more than half of graduates start at a small employer.

Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF):

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Post-six month graduation stats:

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It offers a snapshot of what grads went on to do six months later, what they were earning on average, and whether they felt their degree helped them obtain a 'graduate role'. We calculate a mean rating to indicate if this is high, medium or low compared to other universities.

While there are lots of factors at play when it comes to your future earnings, use this as a rough timeline of what graduates in this subject area were earning on average one, three and five years later. Can you see a steady increase in salary, or did grads need some experience under their belt before seeing a nice bump up in their pay packet?